Hi all I have heated our 1400 sq. ft. home with an Free standing Old Mill om25 woodstove since I bought it new back in 1986. It has a 2.0 cu ft. fire box I want my next stove to have a larger box with longer burn time. I fill the stove at 8:30 at night and at 6am there are coals to start from but now much heat left. I have done some online looking over the past year cause I been thinking this way for awhile. My stove takes 2' wood but I cut mine 20"-22" long and that is manageable for the both of us.
I searched large efficient stoves , big wood stoves ect. My main complaint is I want to be able to put more wood in the stove at once. This one does not have an ash pan, I just move the hot coals to the back and shovel out the ashes. The next stove probably will have an ash pan .
I looked at Vermont castings Vigilant and Blaze King either one looks like it would do the job. I do not want a stove that I have to replace a bunch of consumable stuff every other year. Some of the stoves look kind of high tech/ high maintainace with all sorts of moving parts to contend with. But many sites say they will heat with less wood than the older less efficient stoves. But I don't get to sucked into all that hype either. I am sure thay have made advances with stove since 1987 though.
Mainly I want a big, seething, fire breathing beast ,that will still be putting out heat after 10 hours. Does anyone have a favorite stove I should consider? Also who here has a Vermont castings Vigilant or a Blaze King. I am open to more research based on a good honest recommendation on any other models. Thanks Jeff
I searched large efficient stoves , big wood stoves ect. My main complaint is I want to be able to put more wood in the stove at once. This one does not have an ash pan, I just move the hot coals to the back and shovel out the ashes. The next stove probably will have an ash pan .
I looked at Vermont castings Vigilant and Blaze King either one looks like it would do the job. I do not want a stove that I have to replace a bunch of consumable stuff every other year. Some of the stoves look kind of high tech/ high maintainace with all sorts of moving parts to contend with. But many sites say they will heat with less wood than the older less efficient stoves. But I don't get to sucked into all that hype either. I am sure thay have made advances with stove since 1987 though.
Mainly I want a big, seething, fire breathing beast ,that will still be putting out heat after 10 hours. Does anyone have a favorite stove I should consider? Also who here has a Vermont castings Vigilant or a Blaze King. I am open to more research based on a good honest recommendation on any other models. Thanks Jeff